Moggi responded: "Nice words. Per lo sport restano colpevoli", "Calciopoli, Blatter all'ANSA: Montezemelo bravo mediatore", "Calcio: spettatori allo stadio +6,8%, Juve campione audience", "Calciopoli, tutte le telefonate: cos Moggi gestiva il potere", "Motivazioni sentenza Calciopoli: 'Il campionato 2004/2005 stato regolare', "Capello: 'Altro che scudetto degli onesti Il titolo alla Roma? In its ruling's motivation, the court wrote of "a proven system already operating in the years 1999/2000 between the subjects, who along the lines of weaving 'friendly relations' were carrying out conduct aimed at phasing the real scope and potential of some football teams", to which Paolo Ziliani, a journalist who is known for his anti-Juventus claims,[168] commented for Il Fatto Quotidiano that, even though three of them were won by clubs other than Juventus, they should be also revoked;[169] no evidence was provided for the claim,[nb 24] and none of the previous leagues were investigated. [Bertini] is prepared to reff a good match. The court's Disciplinary Commission purposely ignored this defensive argument, and arguing that it was a reassessment of the facts not permitted at that time, no importance was given to the conduct of those other executives and clubs which had just emerged during the criminal trial. ", Bergamo: "Because getting up there you know how tiring it is, going back downit would be really stupid for you. C'era un gruppo Elkann e Montezemolo che lavorava per disintegrare Giraudo', "Supercoppa Italiana Nono titolo per la Juve, record! "[72], Citing numerous quotes, Emanuele Boffi for Tempi wondered whether the real scandal was the way it was told, and how through "[p]ages and pages of poison reports" the defendants "Moggi & co were already convicted before the sentences." As reported by Milan-based La Gazzetta dello Sport, although Moggi's remaining charges being cancelled without a new trial due to statute of limitations, the court made clear that Moggi's unwarranted activities incurred significant damage to Italian football not only in sporting, but also in economic terms. WebJuventus deducted initial 15 points; Punishment reduced to 10 points; Multiple ex-board members hit with bans; WHAT HAPPENED? An example is Moggi's personality, which was described by Franco Carraro as "arrogant" and too pleased to appear "ultra-powerful". Milan's entry was confirmed by UEFA shortly after the appeals process, and Milan went on to win the competition. Many of those wiretaps formed the body of Palazzi's report, with which the FIGC chief prosecutor intended to refer many executives and clubs for violations of the Code of Sports Justice, a circumstance that was prevented only by the statute of limitation. Most refeeres and their assistants were either found not guilty or had their sentences annulled due to the statute of limitations; only Massimo De Santis and Salvatore Racalbuto were convicted. For a referee it's easier to reff a derby than being in a courtroom, I'm not at ease here. "[111] Purceddu also highlighted how several aspects of the investigation needed to be clarified. "[352] About Juventus' punishment, Rocca wrote: "In a normal country there would have been a public apology to Juventus and only, I repeat only, a severe ethical and disciplinary judgment against the designator of the referees and the director of a sports club caught having too close relations. [221], Having been cleared of wrongdoings and not being liable by other clubs because the 200405 season was deemed regular, Juventus appealed to have the two league titles back and damage claims due to disparity of treatment in the sporting trial. UEFA gave the FIGC a 25 July deadline to confirm the standings or face sanctions in the two larger European competitions, which was then extended to 26 July. Serio added: "We recognized everything about the CAF ruling, apart from two episodes: the falsified championship, the repeated offences of Juventus, [and] the existence of a system. While the 544 phone call was the most notable, Facchetti had several other calls with Bergamo, who also had calls with Moratti, In one wiretap between Facchetti and Bergamo, the latter stated: "You will see that it will be a good match. Other club executives were found guilty but did not receive lifetime bans and returned to their previous or new positions, among them Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani and Lazio president Claudio Lotito, both of whom retained or gained important positions in Lega Serie A. The sprint start of the public prosecutor Palazzi was a rash step. [37] Furthermore, the club was fined the equivalent of 100,000, while the club president Pasquale Foti was fined 30,000 and banned from all football-related activities for two-and-a-half years. The only doubt we could have was about that strange match between Lecce and Parma, a match that we have seen and reviewed. In 2020, Moratti said: "Everything served to create the conditions to triumph, even the misadventures due to having to face a Juve who behaved as they did and fight against a wall that seemed unshakable. The court stated that to have a reassessment of the facts of Calciopoli, it would be necessary to request and open a revocation of judgment pursuant to Article 39 of the Code of Sports Justice. Ecco la verit su Calciopoli', "Caso Kroll, Tronchetti rinuncia alla prescrizione", "Ceccarini: 'Episodio Ronaldo-Iuliano? Un regolamento di conti', "Appello: Juve in B a meno 17 Milan, Fiorentina e Lazio in A", "Berlusconi: 'Calciopoli? ", "I pm hanno scoperto la cupola usando i sistemi anticamorra", "La Gazzetta dello Sport: minchia che rridere", "La Pro Vercelli: 'Quando l'Inter ci scipp lo scudetto', "La verit di Paparesta: 'Mai chiuso in spogliatoio', "Mondiali 2006: Rosetti da record, diriger per la quarta volta", "Calciopoli, schede svizzere caccia al dirigente", "Quell'arbitro nella stanza 404: 'Prendila, la sim card segreta', "Moggi, addio al calcio 'Mi hanno ucciso l'anima', "Montezemolo: 'Tronchetti Provera parte lesa nel caso Telecom', "Divisi alla meta: Galliani presidente della Lega, Matarrese vice", "Sandulli: 'La sentenza Gea ha smontato l'accusa', "Calciopoli: le spiegazioni di un agente FIFA", "Processo a Calciopoli, il verdetto non assolve", "Moggi-Padrino o come Tom Cruise, gli sfott impazzano su internet", "Juve e Milan, la sfida infinita storia di rivalit e di campioni", "Sempre alta la stima di Moggi per Moratti: 'E' la faccia di un c, Marcello!'. When I speak of 'legal abort' I take full responsibility for what I say. "[44], On 4 July 2006, the FIGC prosecutor Stefano Palazzi called for all four clubs at the centre of the scandal to be thrown out of Serie A. Palazzi called for Juventus "being excluded from the Serie A Championship and assigned to a lower category to Serie B with 6 points deducted",[46] while Fiorentina, Lazio, and Milan were to be also downgraded to last place in the 200506 Serie A and relegated to the 200607 Serie B. Con lui abbiamo quattro vittorie', 'Facciamo cinque', "Telelombardia Calciopoli: il punto di vista di Sandulli", "Travaglio attacca: 'Da juventino ho sempre saputo chi fosse Moggi. "[364], After the Naples trial, Carlo Rossini reported that "Juventus has been acquitted, the offending championships (2004/2005 and 2005/2006) have been declared regular, and the reasons for the conviction of Luciano Moggi are vague; mostly, they condemn his position, that he was in a position to commit a crime. Among the texts heard, there was Coppola, who told us that he had presented himself to the Carabinieri, invited by Borrelli's appeal, and that he had told them to tell them something about Inter Milan, but the Carabinieri didn't want to know and they were interested only in Juventus, which tells us all about the way the investigation went. We listened to ordinary people and tried to put ourselves on the wavelength. [162] In regard to Inter Milan's 2006 scudetto, Palazzi wrote: "Inter Milan appears to be the only club against which, in hypothesis, concrete consequences can arise on the sporting level, even if indirectly with respect to the outcome of the disciplinary procedure. Despite a lack of evidence regarding match fixing and no Article 6 violation, only Juventus was sentenced to be relegated to Serie B and stripped of their titles after taking into consideration the collective interests of the parties involved in the investigation. In addition, the court ruled that there was no evidence of match fixing, and there was no cupola or "Moggi system", as was reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport. At the time, Juve was a very strong team built to win. "[177], In 2017, Moggi said that "VAR was supposed to be the end of the controversy, [but] nothing has changed. [234] The poll found that 56.5% of the sample examined was sceptical of the regularity of the decisions taken by sports justice, while 24.9% judged the Calciopoli scandal "as a case of sports justice that led to the right decisions. [15] Juventus' entire board of directors resigned on 11 May, while Moggi resigned shortly after Juventus won the 200506 Serie A championship on 14 May,[16] saying: "They killed my soul. [411][nb 58] Then-Inter Milan owner Massimo Moratti would later state that he did not disdain the 2006 scudetto,[414] as he thought it was just;[415] of the five consecutive championship won by Inter Milan between 2006 and 2010, Moratti stated that the 2006 title was "the most beautiful",[416] and he was proud of it. Ho pagato solo io, dovevano colpire Moggi e Giraudo', "Ora l'Inter davvero nei guai! About the latter, Rossini said that, according to Moratti, referees have been wrong in good faith since 2006, and stated that "it isn't a question of tifo, but of a critical spirit, of the desire to deepen and not be satisfied with the headlines (as did Oliviero Beha, a well-known Viola [Fiorentina] fan, who, however, drew conclusions outside the chorus because, despite enjoying it as a tifoso, he suffered as a journalist. Golovin ha grandi colpi, ecco cosa gli direbbe Allegri se arrivasse. Juve is again under attack from those who can't beat them on the pitch. La Juventus dava fastidio perch vinceva troppo', "Branca: 'Inter facilitata da Calciopoli? If anything, I deserve praise for [the 16 trophies won on the pitch for the club]. Travaglio: 'Ci prendete per fessi? [423] Calciopoli only strengthened the rivalry, and the Derby d'Italia became even bigger than Milan's Derby della Madonnina, or the JuventusMilan rivalry in the 1990s and early 2000s. He wrote the preface to prosecutor Narducci's book, Zeman is a Juventus critic, which as has been described by, Observers said that there was no evidence the investigated leagues were altered. WebThat's my point. [345] Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy and then-Milan owner and president, rejected an amnesty but added: "Any sanctions must not hit the players, many of whom, among other things, have just shown on the pitch that they are the best in the world, and don't deserve to go to [Serie] B or [Serie] C. And then the fans, who have no responsibility." E il video non andava chiesto ad arbitri e Figc', "Orsato a tutto tondo a 90 Minuto: 'Gli errori capitano e fanno male. Second: not all the witnesses were heard. Inter Milan and Roma received a direct entry into the Champions League, while ChievoVerona and Milan started at the third qualifying round. [125] The SIM cards had been purchased in a store in Chiasso (Switzerland); some SIM cards were Swiss and registered to the store owner's family, while the others came from an anonymous person in Liechtenstein. Questi signori dovrebbero ringraziare di averla fatta franca. The relegation of Juventus also prompted a mass exodus of important players, such as Fabio Cannavaro, Emerson, Zlatan Ibrahimovi, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Viera, and Gianluca Zambrotta; some thirty other Serie A players who participated at the 2006 FIFA World Cup opted to move to other European leagues in the wake of the scandal.